Tuesday, November 18, 2008

It's Fall in Sacramento!

You just have to love the Fall weather in Sacramento! I always complain in the summer, I hate the heat, but the fall is the best. The last 2 weeks have had highs in the mid 70's and the leaves are turning and falling. It's beautiful! I've been busy working on my pieces for the Swell Sisters Second Saturday show. They are coming right along.

I took a little break to paint a small painting for a kind of second daughter… Jamie is my friend Patti's daughter. Patti and I have been friends since high school, so for quite a while, our kids grew up together. Well Jamie just celebrated her 28th birthday and I wanted to give her something special. Her family loves to go to Disneyland, and I found a photo of the backs of her children on her MySpace page and it gave me the idea for this little painting. I thought, hum a sunset with the kids in Mickey ears! It is 6X6, sides painted black. I was quite pleased with it, and when Jamie opened it she squealed! I was happy.

Not much else going on. I have all next week off. I am going to paint, and clean house and shop for Thanksgiving. I am having Thanksgiving dinner at my house just a small group. Should be very nice, I'm looking forward to it!

Oh we had raccoons visit our backyard pond again last night. Joe and I tried to scare them away. He was very brave and went down with a big stick and tried to scare them, well it did. They ran up in the trees to hide but as soon as he came back in they were right back in the pond. Thanks for trying honey! We'll see if we have any fish or frogs left! Oh well. That is the circle of life I guess!! Be well. Tj.

About Me

I live in a big old house, with my musical husband Joe. I have, 2 wonderful grown children, 1 dog, 1 granddogger, and 2 cats. Born in SF and adopted at birth by my wonderful family. Raised in a little green house in South Sac where cold, foggy winters were warmed by family and friends and hot summer days were cooled in our doughboy pool. My mom was a creative crafter; ceramics, sewing, and lots of glue and glitter. I lost her in 1987, she inspires me still. My interest in drawing began at age 9, I got a ‘learn to draw’ book from an Aunt for Christmas. I am a visual artist, writer and wanna be musician. Sewing at a very young age, included clothing, dolls and costumes. Photography is a passion; I had a small photo business once called “Take a picture it will last longer”. I‘ve written newsletters, designed CD covers, flyers and brochures. I learned piano as a child, flute as a tween, guitar as a teenager, now I’m taking Ukulele lessons! My creative interests turned just prior to age 50, when I had a crazy urge to paint. I've had a rewarding career as an analyst for CalPERS, I'm now retired, living and loving life and creating art, I hope you enjoy!

THINGS I LOVE!

sharing time with my husband joe, my children nick and Lindsey; my family, my friends; seeing my kids smile; the sound of laughter; our dogs bosco and chester; the smell of fresh rain; the sound and smell of the ocean; sleeping in with the window open and the covers pulled up to my neck; watching joe play his bass; seeing my beautiful daughter perform on stage; anything unusual; science fiction; everything beachy; music – blue grass and folk music or anything my husband plays; taking the scenic road; cannon beach oregon, seaside oregon, santa cruz ca, mendocino ca, dillon beach ca, san francisco ca; sweet and creamy coffee, scones; gardening and flowers especially daffodils and daisies; sewing; photography; new paint smell; the color orange; a really good long hug; and life in general!

My art

My art is whimsical and colorful; I am inspired by the mysteries and marvels of the natural world. Images come from my imagination, wacky sense of humor, the ocean, the moon and watching my hubby play music. More of my art to come, thanks for stopping by!

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Great quotes!

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is."- Albert Einstein

"Do ordinary things with extraordinary Love" - Mother Teresa

"Your wings already exist. All you have to do is FLY!!" -Unknown

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."